Canada Government Debt
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As Canada’s federal and provincial budgets swell, sales-tax increases may followFiscal woes may force Ottawa and some provinces to increase taxes after the pandemic — and the obvious move would be an increase in sales taxes, two economists say.MoneyApr 22, 2021
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Canada ‘bets the farm’ on deficit spending amid coronavirus resurgenceBig spending may be ok in the short-term but watch out for structural deficits, some economists say.MoneySep 24, 2020
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Global credit rating agency issues new warning over Canada’s coronavirus spending, debtFitch Ratings downgraded Canada's triple-A credit rating in June, dropping the country to an "AA+" rating over what it called "the deterioration of Canada's public finances"' due to COVID-19.CanadaAug 27, 2020
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